panicula

See also: panícula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of pānus.

Noun

pānicula f (genitive pāniculae); first declension

1. tuft (on a plant); panicle
2. tuft of reeds used for thatch
3. swelling, tumour

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pānicula	pāniculae
Genitive	pāniculae	pāniculārum
Dative	pāniculae	pāniculīs
Accusative	pāniculam	pāniculās
Ablative	pāniculā	pāniculīs
Vocative	pānicula	pāniculae

Descendants

• → Catalan: panícula
• → French: panicule
• → English: panicle
• → Portuguese: panícula
• → Spanish: panícula
• Vulgar Latin: pānucula, pānicula, pānucla, pānuncula, pannuncula, pannucula
  • Catalan: panolla
  • Italian: pannocchia
  • Spanish: panoja

References

• “panicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• panicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• panicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.